See original article at Why You Can’t File A Mechanics Lien On A State or County Project In this State Bond Claim Series , we’ve talked about the lien-like remedy available to contractors and suppliers on federal, state or county projects. While many folks believe they can file a mechanics lien on a state or county project, they are incorrect.  The traditional mechanics lien remedy – where you file a privilege against an actual piece of property – is not available on state and county projects. Written by Scott Wolfe Jr. MORE >>

For this week’s Guest Post Friday at Musings, we welcome back Martha Sperry for another great tech related guest post.  Martha (@ advocatesstudio on Twitter) is an attorney with extensive experience in the insurance industry. Martha also maintains a research and writing practice, AdvantageAdvocates with emphasis on research and written product for professionals and web consulting. Her blog on law, research, writing and technology Advocate’s Studio.  Martha also has let Musings invade the Studio today, so please check it out! Very excited to be back here at Musings. Sweet! Great stuff. license. MORE >>

Field service managers and higher-ups like to puff out their chests when they talk about their commitment to providing friendly, “best-in-class” customer service. And And yet a study released last month in Britain,  carried out by YouGov and paid for by Cognito , painted a much less rosy picture of customers’ service experiences. The study sparked an  interesting discussion on LinkedIn’s Service Management 2.0 Group. We’ve tried to synthesize that thread here and distill it down to a few main points: It Starts at the Top. Michael Olmsted. Or, as  Michael Olmsted , a V.P. MORE >>

Email updates from Builders Counsel - Happening. have been peppered with a mass of responses to the post that I published a few weeks back about safety concerns on LEED projects. It’s been a heck of a conversation. More to come on that next week, but for now some changes to the site. Those of you that have messaged me about adding a “subscribe by email” option – I have finally done it. Look below in the left sidebar for a simple email entry application. Add your email and you will get updates every time a new post goes up. More on this next week. appreciate the dialogue. MORE >>

Are you looking for a deal? Never mind that is a redundant question? There is a site for you: Frugal Dad who is there for you without lecture on finding the right deals including ways to save your next PC. Most every store offers some coupons for in-store purchases or coupon codes that can be to be used online. prodigious shopper knows how to seek such things out - me included. Regardless if is for the family or it’s time for another date night; there are free coupons available online for a myriad of things. Being Coupon Smart is to be smart overall. Frugal Dad is the site for such smart use. MORE >>